Premises

That which is put before; that which precedes; the foregoing statements. Thus, in logic, the two introductory propositions of the syllogism are calied the "premises," and from them the conclusion is deduced. So, in pleading, the expression "in consideration of the premises" frequently occurs, the meaning being "in consideration of the matters hereinbefore stated."

See Teutonia F. Ins. Co. v. Mund, 102 Pa. 93; Alaska Imp. Co., v. Hirsch, 119 Cal. 249, 47 Pac. 124.

In conveyancing. That part of a deed which precedes the habendum, in which are set forth the names of the parties with their titles and additions, and in which are recited such deeds, agreements, or matters of fact as are necessary to explain the reasons upon which the present transaction is founded; and it is here, also, the consideration on which it is made is set down and the certainty of the thing granted.

2 Bl. Comm. 298. And sce Miller v. Graham, 47 S. C. 288, 25 S. E. 165; Brown v. Manter, 21 N. H. 533, 53 Am. Dec. 223; Rouse v. Steamboat Co.., 69 Hun, 80, 13 N. Y. Supp. 126.

In estates. Lands and tenements; an estate ; the subject-matter of a conveyance. The term "premises" is used in common parlance to signify land, with its appurtenances; but its usual and appropriate meaning in a conveyance is the thing demised or granted by the deed.

New Jersey Zinc Co., v. New Jersey Frankhnite Co.., 13 N. J. Eq. 322; In re Rohrbacher's Estate, 168 Pa. 158, 32 Atl. 30; Cummings v. Dearborn. 56 Vt. 44l; State v. French, 120 Ind. 229, 22 N. E. 108.

The word is also used to denote the subject-matter insured in a policy.

4 Campb. 89.

In equity pleading. The stating part of a bill It contains a narrative of the facts and circumstances of the plaintiff's case, and the wrongs of which he complains, and the names of the persons by whom done and against whom he seeks redress.

Story, Eq. PI. § 27.